On this week’s episode, the critics discuss Scandal, the ABC political drama starring Kerry Washington as a fast-talking beltway “fixer.” With critic June Thomas, they consider the show’s color-blind casting and unprecedented use of social media to live-tweet its broadcasts, which have led some to consider it the future of network TV. Next, the critics welcome Luke Barr to discuss his new culinary history Provence 1970. The book recounts the fateful meeting of six titans of American cuisine in Southern France, a coincidental encounter that inspired an American food revolution. And finally, the gabbers share an ambivalent nostalgia for Blockbuster, which closed its remaining stores this week. Where did all the geeky store clerks go? And what will we do without them?